Lalage

la-la-zhay

Greek

"to chatter"

Lalage Origin and Meaning

The name Lalage is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "to chatter".

An interesting name despite the pronunciation challenge. It has literary roots, both in the classical poetry of Horace, and as a character in John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman. Appealing nicknames are Lalla and Lally.

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Famous People Named Lalage

• Lalage Mary Kathleen Acland wife of English WWI naval officer Hubert Acland
• Constance Lalage Thompson wife of English MP and civil servant Edward Wakefield

Lalage in Pop Culture

• Lalage character in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" by John Fowles: '"Lalage." She pronounced it as a dactyl, the "g" hard. [Mr Rossetti] proposed the name. He is her godfather. I know it is strange.'"
• Lalage woman for whom the Roman poet Horace professes his love in "Integer vitae", poem in Carminum liber primus
• Lalage for whose love the Roman Legions march in Rudyard Kipling's poem "Rimini"
• Lalage character in Edgar Allen Poe's "Politian"
• Related to the second element in Eulalia (Greek lalia "talk prattle, a speaking," from lalein "to speak, prattle," of echoic origin)